Cloth-findings dispenser



'|. E. HELLER.

CLOTH FINDINGS DISPENSER. APPucATloNUHLED um. 12. 192|.

3941 6,293 Patented May 1&6, 1922.

'15 il@ l j Emea-171195,21, lzwfw, u y` f' A ISRAEL E. KELLER, OFBUFFALO, .NEVI YORK.

CLOTH-FINDINGS DISPENSER.

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Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May i6, i922.

Application filed January l2, 1.921. Serial No. 436,728.

10 all w from may concern Be it known that I, Isnlxnr. E. HELLER, acitizen of the Republic of Poland, residing at Buffalo, in the county ofErie and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cloth-Findings Dis` pensers, of which the following is aspeciiication. f n

My invention relates to cloth findings dispensers, and more particularlyto a device in which small pieces of cloth of uniform outline arearranged in a systematic manner so that they can be conveniently removedone at a time, as needed.

In clothing factories, shirt factories, and other similarestablishments, it is necessary in the make-up of garments to utilizesmall similarly-shaped pieces of cloth. F or example,vin clothingfactories, pockets, pocket facings and other parts of a coat, trousersor other garment are sewed in place by an operative, who, under thepresent mode of operation, takes one piece of cloth from a stack ofpieces placed loosely upon a table, and in view of the fact that theseoperations are hurried, the operative oftentimes un` knowinglygrasps-more than a single piece,l

with the result that during the course of a day many pieces fall uponthe floor and are wasted. The same is true in shirt factories withinterlinings for cuffs and collars, and oftentimes quite a number ofthese are accidentally switched onto the floor with the result thatduring the course of a year a considerable loss results from the wasteof such small although valuable pieces, due to these pieces, when on thefioor, being swept out with the accumulated waste.

It is one of the objects of my invention to provide a device in whichsmall similarlyshaped pieces used in the construction of garments may beplaced within a container in a systematic manner and beremovedtherefrom, one at a time, through an opening within one of thewalls of the container.

A further object of my invention is tov A further object of my inventionis to provide a device of this kind in which small pieces of clothfolded together in zigzag form and adapted to be used in theconstruction of garments are placed within the container with layers ofadj oining pieces interfoldedA and with the bottom layer of thelowermost piece passed through an opening formed in one of the walls ofthe container so that upon drawing the lowermost piece of the stack fromthe container, it will automatically draw out a portion of the adjoin`ing piece so that it may also be conveniently withdrawn from thecontainer when needed.

A further object of my invention is to pro` vide a device of this kindconstructed to permit of readily inserting a stack of small pieces ofcloth thereinto.

` YWith these and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and in the arrangement and Combination ofparts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointedout inthe subjoined claims.y

In the'drawings zy y Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved device.V

Fig. 2 is vertical section through the same.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

.Figa 4- is a bottom plan view of the device. f

Fig 5 is a view showing two pieces of cloth folded in zigzag form andinterfoided, with the layers thereof slightly separated.

Reference being had to the drawings in dctail,like numerals refer tolike parts in the several figures.

The device comprises a container which is of box-like formationandincludes a body portion 6 provided `with side walls 7, 8, 9 and l0 and abottom wall 1l, the side walls 7 and l0 having outwardly-directediianges' l2 at their upper ends which are provided with screw holes 13through which screws let arev passed `that take into a table top l5 orthe like. Said body portion is open at its upper end, as at 16, and hasan opening Il' extending from the lower edge of the side wall l0, whichis comparatively short, to the edge of the bottom 1l, which terminatesin a plane approximately centrally between the walls 7 and '10. Thisopening may therefore be referred to as an oblique opening` formed inthe body portion.

Hinged to the lower edge of the short side wall is a closure 18, whichmay be said to have an outer wall 19 alined with the short side wall 10of the body portion, a bottom wall 20 alined with the bottom wall l 11or said body portion but spaced therer time.

from to form an opening 21 through which the material within thecontainer is to be withdrawn, and side walls. 22 which are graduallywidened downwardly so as to fully close the sides 8 and 9 of the bodyportion havingw their walls cut obliquely. The side walls 22 oit theclosure overlap the sido walls 9 and 9 oit the body portion and to eachyside wall a hook-shaped.keeper 23 is pivotally secured which is adaptedto be hooked over anoutstanding` pin 24 on the correspon ding side wallof the body portion.

designates the small pieces otcloth which are placed within thecontainer and adapted to be removed therefrom one at a .heee smallpieces oit cloth are of unii'orm outline and are lfolded into zigzag'form, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 5 to provide three layers 26, 27,28. rllhe layers 26 and 28 may be termed outer or end layers 4while thelayer 27 may be termed an intermediate layer. rllie outer or end layersof each piece of cloth are folded between the adjacent end andintermediate layer ofl the adj oining` piece of cloth, and these piecesso folded and inter-'toldedare arranged in stacks and may be tiedtogether` so as to lorm a bundle. rlChe stack ofcloth pieces within thecontainer are pressed together by a iiat weight 29 suspended centrallyfrom a cord() or other flexible device hooked or otherwise fastened to across member 31 extendingtroni or taste-ned to opposite walls of thecontainer. This cross member in preferred forni comprises a. wire havinga loop Y 32flzormed inidlength thereon, opposite ends oit the wirebeinnpassed through openings 33 vin opposite walls and having theirterminals Vbent at an. angle thei'eto, as at 34,

so as to be retained in position with the loop be removed, after whichthe weight 29 is` properly positioned on the staclrof cloth pieces soassurance will be had that these pieces willv be automatically fed-tothe bottom as one piece after the other is removed. After positioningthestack of cloth pieces within the body portion and positioning theweight, the closure is swung downwardly to close the oblique opening insaid body portion and when closed the front wall 19 and side walls 22 ofthe closure serve as continuations of the side walls 8, 9 and 10 ot thebody portion while the bottom 2O of the closure assists the bottom 11 ofthe body portion to properly support the stack of.

cloth pieces.

When placing the bundle of pieces in the container and removing the tie,which may be a string, a piece of paper or other suitable devicereadily-separable and capable of being` withdrawn from its positionaround the pieces of cloth, the lower layer of the bottom piece ot clothwill immediately hang over the edge of the bottom 11 of the body portionand when closing` the closure this hanging portion will extend throughthe opening 21 between the edge of said bottom wall and the edge of thebottom wall 2O of said closure.

lheii a piece ot cloth is requiredin the construction of a `garment, theoperative grasps the portion ot the piece ot cloth eX- tendingv throughthe opening 21 and pulls the complete piecer out, withfthe result that vthe end layer 28 ot the a'djoiningfpiece will be drawn out through theopening 21fand will be in position to be grasped by the -operative whenanother piece of clothis needed.

Having; thus ldescribed my invention, what l claim is z- 1. A clothfindings dispenser, .comprising a box-like structure open at its upperend and provided with outstanding securinglanges at said end, saidboizslikel structure being adapted to bel secured to 1 the under side otan object and having an opening'l at its lower end through which piecesotclothfindings folded and inter-folded are adapted to be withdrawn oneat ajtime, and means within said box-like structure for pressing thepieces oie clothiindings against the bottom of .said boxflilrestructure.

2. A device of the kind described, comprising a body portion havingthree full length side walls,a short sidewall, abottoin.

terminating in a plane between said short side wall and the side wallldirectlyl opposite and anvopening extending romthe edge of said bottomto the lower edge of said short side wall, a closure hinged to the.lower edge ot said short side wall and having a front wall n line withsaid shortsid'e wall, a bottomwallin line with the bottoinof said bodyportion andV downwardly widenedside walls, the whole being` arranged totorni a box-like structure lin which thebottom ot l'lO iso

downwardly against said stack of cloth indn A cloth findings dispenser,comprising a body portion having an oblique opening extending from apoint near its upper end to the bottom thereof, and a downwardly widenedclosure hinged to the body portion at the upper end of said obliqueopening, said body portion having a bottom and said closure having abottom spaced from said irst-mentioned bottom, said dispenser so formedhaving a stack of cloth iindings comprising individual pieces folded andinterfolded with one end of the lowermost piece projecting through thespace between said bottoms, and means for pressing said layer of clothfindings downwardly against said bottoms.

4. A cloth findings dispenser having side walls and a bottom wallprovided with an opening and having an open top, and means to securesaid dispenser to the under side of an object so as to close said top.

5. A cloth ndings dispenser comprising a boX-like structure open at itsupper end and provided with means at its upper end for Jfastening thesame to the under side of an object, opposite walls of said box-lilrestructure having openings near their upper ends, and a cross memberhaving its ends retained in said openings and being provided with a loopmidlength thereof, a flexible element secured to said loop, and a weightsecured to the lower end of said flexible element.

6. A cloth iindings dispenser, comprising a box-like structure havingmeans at its upper end for securing the same to the under side of anobject and having an opening at its bottom for the successive removal ofpieces of cloth findings stacked within said structure, a cross memberformed of wire extending through opposite side walls and having bentterminals at the outer sides of said walls and a loop midway betweensaid side walls, a flexible element secured to said loop, and a weightsecured to said flexible element and adapted to automatically lower asthe pieces of cloth findings are successively withdrawn from thebox-like structure.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

ISRAEL E. HELLER.

